Jordanian Communist Party

The Jordanian Communist Party is a communist political party in Jordan, founded in 1948. The party's supporters were mainly drawn from Palestinian communists in the West Bank during the 1950s, and the party recognized the West Bank as a part of Jordan in 1951. In 1953, the Jordanian government passed legislature that condemned all JCP cadres to forced labor, and the party was subjected to political repression. However, Abd al-Qadir Salih of Nablus was elected to parliament in 1954, and he would later serve as Minister of Agriculture. From 1956 to 1957, the party was in its heyday, with two more parliament members being appointed from the JCP. However, King Hussein I of Jordan accused the party of collaborating with Israel in 1957, and the party had only 500 members by the mid-1960s. The party remained illegal until 1993, and it split into several factions.